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I would like to work in a school setting ideally with children who have LDs such as autism or kids with craniofacial anomalies, working on speech rehabilitation. I honestly have no desire to specialize in swallowing or feeding disorders or even to work with adults. While looking at grad programs, it seems a lot are research focused, which to me leans much more towards the medical side of the field. Are there any programs that anyone has looked into or have heard are especially good for someone who wants to pursue a pediatric school-setting career?

Hello everybody! I have been lurking on this site for a few weeks now and man, is it overwhelming! All of you are so on top of everything I feel so far behind. But I like reading how you are all preparing because it is helping to guide me along the application process. A little about me, I graduated from OU in 2011 with a Major in Linguistics and have a TEFL certificate. My overall GPA was 3.788, major GPA 3.896, and CSD classes was 3.89. I thought about getting a minor in Hearing Speech and Language Science (now, CSD) so I do have some CSD classes but I will be taking the pre-requisites for most schools over the next two semesters, at least, I hope I am taking the right ones. I was taking Nursing pre-reqs for the past 2 years, but realized SLP is really where I belong and so now I am back to that original plan. I'm really excited but I just feel like I've wasted so much time straying. I do not have any volunteer work, I work full-time at The Cleveland Clinic and hope to shadow a couple of their SLPs in the next few months even though I'm pretty sure I would rather work in a school setting. My work is totally unrelated as well. I am applying to schools in many locations because I would ideally like to do my CFY in the city I attend school, and so I want the city to be a good fit for me and somewhere I could see myself staying for awhile. I am just hoping I do well enough on my GRE - which I hope to take in October because I have yet to study for it. Please tell me I am not totally screwed and there is still time for me! Good luck to you all! For Fall '14 I am planning on applying to: The Ohio State University, UNC- Chapel Hill, SDSU, University of Pittsburgh, Northwestern or Rush, Saint Louis University, University of Texas, and Cleveland State University